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More than 100 private schools forced to close ‘due to VAT on fees’

Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said Labour’s move was "a bridge too far" for many independent schools

The Independent UK

England suffer record defeat as Australia deliver 17-try drubbing in Las Vegas

Australia 90-4 England: Tamika Upton scored five of her side’s tries as the world champions showed their class in Nevada

The Independent UK

State schools may have no spare capacity for private pupils, figures suggest

The first two years of secondary school are the most overstretched, figures suggest

The Independent UK

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Starmer’s VAT hike will leave some GCSE students without a school by January, warns council

A council has warned that children withdrawn from independent schools because of the VAT hike in January will not be found places at state schools in the county

The Independent UK

Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees

Members of the Independent Schools Council board voted to take action after the policy was confirmed in the Budget.

Evening Standard

Minnesota farm town reshaped by migrants wrestles with real changes beyond the political vitriol

Immigration is a core issue for voters

The Independent UK

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023

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Parents already turning down private school places as Labour’s VAT policy looms

Independent schools warn they will have no choice but to raise fees by 20 per cent when the VAT exemption is removed

The Independent UK

I've gambled for decades and I say gambling ads have no place on TV

Readers have their say on the day's news.

Newcastle Herald

Hospital strain in the Hunter is headed for a breaking point

The population is rising, so where are the hospitals?

Newcastle Herald

Thanks for serving the public and offering a strong voice of dissent

Letters: 'He has always kept the ratepayers informed'.

Newcastle Herald

Top-down decisions a region-wide problem

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Newcastle Herald

Jani-King cleaning up with its support of the PGA Tour and its caddies

The WM Phoenix Open is famously known as the "Greenest Show on Grass," a claim it can make in part because of the tournament's partnership with Jani-King International, a leading global commercial cleaning services franchise company responsible for ...

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Prime city manufacturing site can't be lost

Letters to the Editor: Prime city manufacturing site can't be lost

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Melbourne Cup day offers a fitting alternative date for Australia Day

I know what you're thinking, but hear me out.

Newcastle Herald

Doubling the junk food hit of the twin servos will add to M1 temptation

Miss one, but surely it's impossible to miss the second stop.

Newcastle Herald

Taxpayers stuck in the middle are paying for all of it

I get it, JobSeeker at $350 per week is not much to live on. But as low as welfare payments are, welfare still takes the lion-share of the budget in this country.

Newcastle Herald

I'm a community pharmacist and I am dismayed our leaders don't know what we do

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Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

ABC News

Andy Warhol exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia uses photographs to show the artist through a new lens

A new exhibition of snaps and portraits by Warhol and his peers reveals a lesser-known but influential aspect of his practice — and a different side of the man himself.

The Independent UK

Kansas researcher faces sentencing in China-related case

A former researcher accused of concealing work he did in China while employed by the University of Kansas will be sentenced Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Mum put tiredness and night sweats down to menopause before life-changing diagnosis

Julie Robinson felt weak, clammy, breathless and nauseous when she was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), and was told she would need treatment straight away

Manchester Evening News

Mum thought tiredness and night sweats were the menopause before life-changing news

Julie Robinson went through three years of gruelling treatment after her symptoms turned out to be cancer

The Guardian - AU

Andy Warhol’s star-studded photographs: ‘You find out much more about him as a person’

A major exhibition of Warhol’s photography will open next year in Australia – a country the artist ‘couldn’t quite comprehend’

The Independent UK

Judge tosses most charges against Kansas researcher

A federal judge has thrown out three of four charges against a researcher who was convicted of concealing work he did for China while employed by the University of Kansas

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